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When 16-year-old Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage to perform at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in 1934, she had no idea that her life was about to change. Her childhood had been 36 . After the death of her parents, Fitzgerald had been placed in a boarding school. 37 , the teachers at the school mistreated her, 38 she ran away. Homeless and orphaned, Fitzgerald was trying her best to 39 on the streets of New York City when she won a contest to perform during an amateur night at the Apollo. She had 40 planned to dance, but at the last second, she decided to sing her mother’s favorite song 41 . Her performance earned her 42 from several well-known musicians. Ella Fitzgerald went on to become a 43 jazz singer.
During a musical career that spanned six decades, Fitzgerald 44 more than 200 albums. She won 13 Grammy Awards, the last of which she received in 1990. She worked with some of the greatest American singers of the twentieth century, including Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Dizzy Gillespie. Her talent and charm 45 a wide range of listeners around the world. The worldwide 46 of Ella Fitzgerald helped make jazz a more popular genre.
Until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the United States 47 African American citizens the same treatment 48 white citizens received. Fitzgerald’s manager and her band 49 to perform at places where discrimination was practiced. They also decided not to perform unless they were paid the same 50 as white singers and musicians. Ella’s fight for 51 received support from numerous celebrity admirers, including Marilyn Monroe. Fitzgerald never took her good fortune for granted. She gave money to charities and organizations that contributed to 52 disadvantages children. For her many civic contributions, in 1992 President George Bush 53 her the Presidential Medal of Honor, one of the highest honors 54 to civilians.
In 1991, Fitzgerald gave her 55 performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Although Ella Fitzgerald died in 1996, the American “First Lady of Song” continues to live in the hearts and ears of music lovers worldwide.
| 小题1: | | A．rich | B．rough | C．tiresome | D．happy |
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| 小题2: | | A．Importantly | B．Unforgettably | C．Naturally | D．Unfortunately |
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| 小题3: | | A．therefore | B．but | C．so | D．then |
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| 小题4: | | A．survive | B．experience | C．learn | D．stand |
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| 小题5: | | A．strangely | B．blindly | C．originally | D．probably |
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| 小题6: | | A．in spite | B．instead | C．in place | D．though |
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| 小题7: | | A．jealousy | B．recognition | C．reputation | D．gratitude |
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| 小题8: | | A．creative | B．dependent | C．undiscovered | D．distinguished |
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| 小题9: | | A．released | B．sold | C．copied | D．showed |
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| 小题10: | | A．compared with | B．appealed to | C．composed of | D．depended on |
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| 小题11: | | A．celebration | B．admiration | C．relaxation | D．indication |
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| 小题12: | | A．denied | B．supported | C．offered | D．hated |
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| 小题13: | | A．which | B．what | C．that | D．like |
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| 小题14: | | A．decided | B．refused | C．started | D．afforded |
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| 小题15: | | A．number | B．quantity | C．amount | D．lots |
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| 小题16: | | A．wealth | B．future | C．equality | D．agreement |
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| 小题17: | | A．caring for | B．playing with | C．preferring to | D．taking after |
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| 小题18: | | A．rewarded | B．awarded | C．paid | D．presented |
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| 小题19: | | A．accessible | B．inadequate | C．available | D．official |
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| 小题20: | | A．best | B．vivid | C．open | D．final |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍Ella Fitzgerald是如何从无家可归的女孩成为世界著名的爵士乐歌手的，以及她为争取平等和慈善做出的贡献。
小题1:考查形容词：A. rich富有B. rough困难的C. tiresome厌烦的D. happy高兴的，从后面的句子：After the death of her parents, Fitzgerald had been placed in a boarding school. 可知她的童年很艰辛。选B
小题2:考查副词：A. Importantly重要地B. Unforgettably难忘的C. Naturally 自然地D. Unfortunately不幸地，从后面的the teachers at the school mistreated her, 可知她很不幸。选D
小题3:考查词义辨析：A. therefore因此B. but 但是C. so所以D. then然后，老师虐待她，所以她逃跑了。选C
小题4:考查动词：A. survive幸存B. experience经历C. learn学习D. stand忍受，Fitzgerald 尽最大努力在纽约的街头生存。选A
小题5:考查副词：A. strangely奇怪地B. blindly 盲目地C. originally原始地D. probably可能地，她原来打算跳舞的，但是最后一刻她决定用唱歌代替了。选C
小题6:考查词组：A. in spite虽然B. instead代替C. in place在适当的位置D. though虽然，解析同上。选B
小题7:考查名词：A. jealousy嫉妒B. recognition认可C. reputation名气D. gratitude感激，她的表演赢得了几个著名音乐人的认可。选B
小题8:考查形容词：A. creative有创造力的B. dependent依赖的C. undiscovered没有发现的D. distinguished著名的，Ella Fitzgerald 继续成为著名的爵士歌手。选D
小题9:考查动词：A. released发行B. sold 买C. copied复制D. showed展示，在60年的音乐生涯中，Ella Fitzgerald发行了200多张唱片。选A
小题10:考查词组：A. compared with和…相比 B. appealed to吸引C. composed of组成D. depended on依赖，她的才能和魅力吸引了全世界很多人。选B
小题11:考查名词：A. celebration庆祝B. admiration 羡慕，敬佩，C. relaxation放松D. indication暗示，全世界对Ella Fitzgerald的敬佩帮助爵士乐成为更受欢迎的种类。选B
小题12:考查动词：A. denied否认B. supported支持C. offered提供D. hated憎恨，直到20世纪60年代的人权运动，美国一直否认非洲裔美国公民和白人公民有同样的待遇。选A
小题13:考查定语从句，先行词是the same treatment，定语从句中缺少宾语，用that引导定语从句。选C
小题14:考查动词：A. decided决定B. refused拒绝C. started开始D. afforded提供，Ella Fitzgerald的经理和乐队拒绝在有歧视的地方演出。选B
小题15:考查名词：A. number数量，修饰可数名词B. quantity数量，修饰可数或不可数名词，C. amount数量，修饰不可数名词，D. lots许多，这里表示同样的包车，用amount。选C
小题16:考查名词：A. wealth财富B. future未来C. equality平等D. agreement协议，Ella Fitzgerald为平等做出的斗争得到很多名人仰慕者的支持。选C
小题17:考查词组：A. caring for想要，照顾B. playing with玩耍C. preferring to更喜欢D. taking after长得像，她把钱捐给慈善机关，为照顾劣势儿童做贡献。选A
小题18:考查动词：A. rewarded回报，B. awarded授予奖项C. paid付款D. presented呈现，布什总统授予她总统荣誉奖。选B
小题19:考查形容词：A. accessible易到达的，B. inadequate不适合的C. available可获得的D. official官方的，这是公民获得的最高荣誉之一。选C
小题20:考查形容词：A. best最好的B. vivid生动的C. open开放的D. final最终的，1991年，她在纽约卡内基音乐厅举行最后一场表演。选D
点评：本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。 |
举一反三
The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little __1__. It was Mother’s Day – and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had __2__ how colorful their backyard was __3__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she __4__ those lilacs (丁香花) in her parents’ yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the __5__ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest __6__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she __7__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the __8__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her __9__.
When they were near home, she shouted “Stop,” got out quickly and __10__ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) __11__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two __12__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her __13__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair __14__ with a smile, and held the lilacs __15__.
“Mom,” the kids asked, “__16__ did you give her our flowers?”“It is Mother’s Day, and she seems so __17__while I have all of you. And anyone would be __18__ by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he __19__ some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother’s Day our kids __20__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman. And that has become a lasting touching memory of my life.
| 小题1: | | A．moved | B．worried | C．angry | D．depressed |
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| 小题2: | | A．learned | B．imagined | C．mentioned | D．realized |
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| 小题3: | | A．now that | B．so that | C．as if | D．even if |
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| 小题4: | | A．missed | B．planted | C．watered | D．showed |
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| 小题5: | | A．cars | B．kids | C．clothes | D．lilacs |
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| 小题7: | | A．bought | B．picked | C．sent | D．raised |
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| 小题8: | | A．break | B．holiday | C．trip | D．dinner |
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| 小题9: | | A．friends | B．memory | C．flowers | D．honor |
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| 小题10: | | A．responded | B．pointed | C．drove | D．hurried |
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| 小题11: | | A．loving | B．elderly | C．serious | D．sensitive |
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| 小题12: | | A．hesitated | B．waited | C．sat | D．chatted |
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| 小题13: | | A．family | B．mother | C．path | D．home |
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| 小题14: | | A．nodded | B．waved | C．left | D．continued |
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| 小题15: | | A．weakly | B．politely | C．quickly | D．tightly |
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| 小题17: | | A．quiet | B．confused | C．alone | D．patient |
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| 小题18: | | A．calmed | B．persuaded | C．disappointed | D．cheered |
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| 小题19: | | A．arranged | B．dried | C．grew | D．hid |
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| 小题20: | | A．find | B．gather | C．receive | D．sell |
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Martin was grown-up, and for his birthday that year his father gave him a 36 without any pictures in it!
Martin’s father found he was not 37 about it, and told him, “Son, this isn’t just any 38 book; it’s a magic (有魔力的) book. But to discover its magic you’ll have to 39 it.”
Well, that was better. Martin liked 40 to do with magic. He started reading it, 41 he wasn’t very willing to.
The next morning, his 42 asked him, “Have you found the magic 43 ? ”
So… there was a key to find! Martin flicked through (快速翻阅) the book, but there was no 44 of the key.
And then his father 45 him, “You won’t find it like that . You have to read the book.”
Martin didn’t have much patience (耐心), thinking his father just told a 46 . A little later, his little sister, Angela, asked him 47 the book. After several days, she 48 shouted, “I’ve found the key!” And she wouldn’t stop 49 all the places she had visited using the magic key.
This made Martin read the book again. At first it was a 50 ; there wasn’t even one single 51 in the book. But, gradually, Martin became 52 the adventurous (冒险的) prince’s life. Then, suddenly, he was there.
The book 53 was the key!
It was true that every time he 54 it, he felt going to its valleys and seas, and he lived the adventures of the prince.
From then on, with every new book, Martin never 55 being attracted by the letters and words inside.
| 小题2: | | A．sad | B．happy | C．surprised | D．angry |
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| 小题3: | | A．special | B．new | C．famous | D．ordinary |
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| 小题4: | | A．keep | B．read | C．take | D．value |
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| 小题5: | | A．somebody | B．nothing | C．everything | D．anybody |
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| 小题7: | | A．uncle | B．mother | C．father | D．aunt |
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| 小题9: | | A．mark | B．sign | C．signal | D．way |
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| 小题10: | | A．asked | B．praised | C．followed | D．told |
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| 小题13: | | A．happily | B．badly | C．quickly | D．slowly |
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| 小题14: | | A．working out | B．talking about | C．turning down | D．looking for |
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| 小题15: | | A．pity | B．pleasure | C．pain | D．success |
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| 小题16: | | A．picture | B．note | C．text | D．title |
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| 小题17: | | A．busy with | B．tired of | C．interested in | D．good at |
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| 小题18: | | A．it | B．yourself | C．himself | D．itself |
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| 小题19: | | A．opened | B．put | C．threw | D．covered |
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| 小题20: | | A．tried | B．felt | C．stopped | D．began |
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Today was a big day for my eldest son, Kevin. He had his first big boy haircut. Before today, we have always stood by his side, told the hairdresser what to do and watched over the whole thing. We’ve been working on the rewards (奖赏) of responsibility with my son for quite some time. Today, he got one of those rewards by having his own haircut.
When they arrived at the shop, his father showed him a book with lots of styles of haircuts for boys. After he made his choice, he waited patiently for his turn. My husband decided he would get his own hair cut at the same time.
When their names were called, Kevin showed the hairdresser the picture of his chosen haircut, which, thankfully, was not a strange haircut. The hairdresser looked to my husband for approval (批准) and he told her his son was in charge.
During his haircut, Kevin talked happily with the hairdresser. My husband, who was getting his haircut in the next chair, kept silent. When all was said and done, Kevin looked quite handsome.
When it was time to pay, he reached into his pocket and took out the cash my husband gave him. He handed it to her and said, “Thanks, it’s all yours.” I guess that’s the six-year-old equivalent (对应的语句) of “keep the change.”
I have to admit I was a little nervous about the whole thing before, but I’m a believer now. My son is growing up and ready for new big boy experiences.
小题1:When Kevin got his haircut, the author used to .| A．do her own thing | B．leave him alone | | C．talk happily with her son | D．manage the whole thing |
小题2:What did the author’s husband do at the hairdresser’s?| A．Picked out a hair style for his son. | B．Talked happily with the hairdressers. | | C．Had his own haircut silently | D．Stood together with the author. |
小题3:What was the hair style that Kevin chose like?| A．It was very strange. | B．It suited him well. | | C．It was very bad. | D．It was more like a girl’s |
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Last year, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington, DC. I heard a voice say, “Can you help me?”
When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended. Immediately, I pulled out all of my change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her. But the blind woman smiled and said, “I don’t want your money. I just need help finding the post office.”
In an instant, I realized what I had done. I acted with prejudice—I judged another person simply for what I assumed she had to be. I hated what I saw in myself.
The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in the US at the age of 15. I started my new life with two suitcases, my brother and sister. Through the years, I have been a doorkeeper, cashier and pizza delivery driver among many other humble (卑微的) jobs, and eventually I became a network engineer.
In my own life, I have experienced prejudice. I remember a time—at the age of 17 —when I was a busboy, I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me.
But now, living in my American middle—class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am, where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That blind woman on the streets cured me of my blindness. She reminded me of my belief in humility (谦虚). By the way, I helped that lady to the post office. I hope to thank her for the priceless lesson.
小题1:How did the writer give the blind woman money?| A．In a modest way. | B．In a polite way. | C．In an impatient way. | D．In a painful way. |
小题2:According to the text, the writer________.
A. still lives a poor life B. was busy with his work
C. was born in Honduras D. was a native of Washington D.C.
小题3:According to the text, the author most probably agrees that one should_________.| A．be nice to the elderly and the disabled | B．try to experience different kinds of cultures | | C．treat others equally with love and respect | D．think about one’s past as often as possible |
小题4:What would be the best title of the text?| A．A priceless lesson | B．An act of prejudice | | C．A sightseeing trip | D．A humble moment |
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Nicknamed the Golden Music Boy, 25-year-old Hu Yanbin, was born and 36 up in Shanghai. At the age of 15, he made a wish that he would make his own album before he was 18. Fortunately, the 37 boy’s dream came true. His first album Adept with Both Pen and Sword 38 in 2002 and he became the first mainland artist to 39 a solo album ( 专辑) in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan 40 at the same time. The album 41 him to become a popular star.
His success is not only because of his excellent singing 42 , but also because of his talent in song 43 . Before his album was made, Hu Yanbin’s 44 company tried to invite someone else to write several songs 45 him. None of them were as good as they are hoped. 46 Hu Yanbin came into the office with a guitar on his back and played several songs. 47 , everyone in the office really liked these tunes and they decided to 48 them on his first album.
Some people would 49 this rising star with Jay Chow from Taiwan, but Hu says his musical 50 is quite different from Jay Chow’s, 51 he likes Jay Chow’s music.
With many music awards already in his 52 , Hu Yanbin seems to be 53 up with many of the superstars in the country. Though some people don’t like him and say 54 things about him, he says that it doesn’t 55 him. All he plans to do is focusing on his music and bringing out more and better songs for his fans.
| 小题1: | | A．broke | B．came | C．went | D．grew |
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| 小题2: | | A．attractive | B．talented | C．determined | D．sensitive |
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| 小题3: | | A．came up | B．came over | C．came in | D．came out |
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| 小题4: | | A．realize | B．form | C．release | D．earn |
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| 小题6: | | A．affected | B．expected | C．made | D．helped |
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| 小题7: | | A．skills | B．ideas | C．means | D．ways |
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| 小题8: | | A．playing | B．making | C．writing | D．performing |
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| 小题9: | | A．concert | B．record | C．music | D．performance |
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| 小题12: | | A．To his surprise | B．In a word | C．To be honest | D．Above all |
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| 小题13: | | A．take | B．include | C．contain | D．type |
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| 小题14: | | A．replace | B．compete | C．compare | D．inspect |
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| 小题15: | | A．ability | B．taste | C．attention | D．style |
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| 小题16: | | A．as though | B．even though | C．as if | D．now that |
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| 小题17: | | A．pockets | B．mind | C．sight | D．heart |
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小题18:A keeping B. coming C. catching D. putting
| 小题19: | | A．positive | B．strange | C．powerful | D．harmful |
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| 小题20: | | A．upset | B．mind | C．care | D．ruin |
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